France was inhabited 150,000 years earlier than we thought


A team of scientists says the dating of 260 flint tools and other artifacts means previous estimates get the ax.

Sep 17, 2019

About 30 meters above the current valley of the river Somme at Moulin Quignon, scientists have uncovered 260 flint objects in the sandy alluvial deposits. These provide evidence of human occupation in northern France 150,000 years earlier than was previously known.

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